MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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